Joint statement: International mechanisms join forces to strengthen the protection of assembly and association rights
GENEVA/WARSAW (05 December 2022) – UN and high-level representatives from regional mechanisms mandated with the protection of human rights and the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association,…
States must renew their commitment to international cooperation to achieve SDGs and realise human rights
GENEVA (5 December 2022) – UN human rights experts* call for ambitious policies and recommitment to development cooperation in a statement marking the 36th anniversary of the Declaration on the Right…
Afghanistan: Latest Taliban treatment of women and girls may be crime against humanity
GENEVA (25 November 2022) – UN experts* today said the latest actions by Taliban de facto authorities targeting women and girls deepen existing flagrant violations of their human rights and…
Ending violence against women and girls key to tackling global crises and achieving prosperity
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2022 GENEVA (24 November 2022) –Increased and relentless attacks on the bodily autonomy of women and girls on the basis…
Egypt: UN experts alarmed by harassment of civil society actors at COP27
GENEVA (18 November 2022) – Climate activists and civil society have been subjected to intimidation, harassment and surveillance during the COP27 climate summit in Sharm-el-Sheikh, UN experts* said today, urging…
Iran: Stop sentencing peaceful protesters to death
GENEVA (11 November 2022) — UN experts* today urged Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participation, or alleged participation, in peaceful demonstrations. Eight people…
UN experts call for immediate release of Alaa Abdel Fattah
GENEVA (11 November 2022) – UN experts* today joined the growing chorus of human rights voices expressing fears for the life of Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and…
States must embrace and enable social movements as key partners in “Building Back Better”
NEW YORK (28 October 2022) – Faced with multiple and compounding crises, governments must embrace and enable social movements as essential partners as they ‘build back better’, a UN expert…
Iran: Crackdown on peaceful protests needs independent international investigation
An alarming number of protesters have already been detained and killed, many of whom are children, women and older persons” GENEVA (26 October 2022) – UN human rights experts* condemned…
Chad: Experts alarmed by lethal use of force and call for de-escalation
GENEVA (26 October 2022) – UN and African Union independent experts* today condemned the lethal repression of peaceful protests over Chad’s extended political transition period and called for de-escalation of…